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Brest Challenger
The Brest Open Groupe Vert (formerly Open de Brest Crédit Agricole) is a professional tennis tournament played on hardcourt, hardcourts. It is currently part of the ATP Challenger Tour. It is held annually in Brest, France since 2015. Past finals Singles Doubles References External linksBrest Overview ATP Tour Tennis ATP Challenger Tour Hard court tennis tournaments Tennis tournaments in France Brest Challenger, {{ATPtour-competition-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brest, France
Brest (; ) is a port, port city in the Finistère department, Brittany (administrative region), Brittany. Located in a sheltered bay not far from the western tip of a peninsula and the western extremity of metropolitan France, Brest is an important harbour and the second largest French military port after Toulon. The city is located on the western edge of continental France. With 139,456 inhabitants (2020), Brest forms Lower Brittany, Western Brittany's largest functional area (France), metropolitan area (with a population of 370,000 in total), ranking third behind only Nantes and Rennes in the whole of historic Brittany, and the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, 25th most populous city in France (2019); moreover, Brest provides services to the one million inhabitants of Western Brittany. Although Brest is by far the largest city in Finistère, the ''Prefectures in France, préfecture'' (administrative seat) of the department is in the much smaller town of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ugo Humbert
Ugo Humbert (; born 26 June 1998) is a French professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 13, achieved on 15 April 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 348, achieved on 26 August 2024. Humbert has won seven ATP Tour singles titles, and was runner-up at a Masters 1000 event at the 2024 Paris Masters. He also holds nine Challenger singles titles. He is currently the No. 2 player from France. Humbert won his first ATP Tour match and made his Grand Slam singles debut in 2018. At the 2019 Wimbledon Championships, he reached the fourth round, where he lost to eventual champion Novak Djokovic. Early life Humbert was born in Metz, the son of Eric and Anne, and has one sister, Léa. Both parents and sister are butchers and caterers and run a store in Metz. Career Juniors When Humbert was 12, he made the difficult decision to take the train to Poitiers to train with the French Tennis Federation. He ended up moving to Poitiers and continued hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benoît Paire
Benoît "Ben" Paire (; born 8 May 1989) is a French professional tennis player. His best result in a Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam has been reaching the fourth round, which he has achieved on four occasions. He has won three singles titles, at the 2015 Swedish Open, the Grand Prix Hassan II, 2019 Marrakesh Open and the 2019 Lyon Open, and his career-high singles ranking is World No. 18, first achieved in January 2016. He has a career-high ranking of World No. 65 in doubles achieved on 15 November 2021. In 2015, Paire was voted ATP Awards#Comeback Player of the Year, Comeback Player of the Year, rising from world No. 118 ATP singles ranking at year-end 2014 to a then career-high world No. 19 at year-end 2015, after a knee injury had sidelined him for much of 2014. Career 2011: Top 100 debut 2011 ATP World Tour, 2011 was a year in which he increased his ranking around sixty places and broke into the top 100 in the ATP rankings for the first time in his career. Paire also app ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Dodig
Ivan Dodig (; born 2 January 1985) is a Croatian professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He reached his career-high doubles ranking of World No. 2 in September 2023. He is a seven-time Grand Slam champion, having won men's doubles titles at the 2015 French Open with Marcelo Melo, the 2021 Australian Open with Filip Polášek and the 2023 French Open with Austin Krajicek. In mixed doubles, Dodig won the 2018 and 2019 French Opens and 2019 Wimbledon Championships, all alongside Latisha Chan, and the 2022 Australian Open partnering Kristina Mladenovic. He also finished runner-up at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships in men's doubles, and the 2016 French Open and 2017 Australian Open in mixed. Dodig has won 23 doubles titles on the ATP Tour, including six at the Masters 1000 level, and also finished runner-up at the 2014 ATP World Tour Finals. In singles, Dodig achieved his highest ranking of world No. 29 in October 2013, and won his first ATP title at the 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 Brest Challenger
The 2015 Brest Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2015 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place at the Brest Arena in Brest, France between 19 and 25 October 2015. Points and prize money Point distribution Prize money * per team Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of 12 October 2015. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Benoît Paire * Grégoire Jacq * Alexandre Sidorenko * Romain Jouan The following player received entry using a special exemption: * Illya Marchenko The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Romain Barbosa * Maxime Tabatruong * Sadio Doumbia * Yannik Reuter Retirements * Illya Marchenko (left foot, first round) * Maxime Teixeira (left abductor, second round) Doubles main-draw entrants Seeds 1 Rankings are as of 12 October 2015. Other entrants The following pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yannik Reuter
Yannik Reuter (born 6 March 1991) is a Belgian former professional tennis player. He was active on tour from 2008 to 2018 and reached a best singles world ranking of 195. Biography A Sankt Vith-native, Reuter is a member of Belgium's German speaking community. Reuter competed in his first professional tournament in 2008 and won eight singles titles on the ITF Futures circuit during his career. He made two ATP Challenger finals, the first in Meknes in 2013. After making his grand slam qualifying debut at the 2016 US Open, he broke into the world's top 200 two months later by making the final of the Brest Challenger. En route to the final in Brest he upset world number 73 and top seed Jérémy Chardy, but finished runner-up to Norbert Gombos. In 2017 he was beaten by Frances Tiafoe in the second qualifying round of the Australian Open and also appeared in qualifiers for the French Open and Wimbledon that year. Following his retirement from the international tour in 2018, Reut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norbert Gombos
Norbert Gombos (, ; born 13 August 1990, occasionally spelled Norbert Gomboš) is a Slovak professional tennis player competing primarily on the ATP Challenger Tour. He achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 80 on 2 October 2017. He was also part of the Slovakia Davis Cup team. Personal life He is a member of the Hungarian community in Slovakia Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's m .... Performance timeline Singles ''Current through the 2022 Davis Cup.'' Challenger and Futures finals Singles: 28 (10–18) Doubles: 5 (1–4) Record against top 10 players Gombos' record against players who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who are active in boldface. Only ATP Tour main draw matches are considered: References External link ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Brest Challenger
The 2016 Brest Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the second edition of the tournament which was part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Brest, France between 17 and 23 October 2016. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of October 10, 2016. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Evan Furness * Corentin Moutet * Laurent Lokoli The following players received entry using special exemptions: * Stefanos Tsitsipas * Maxime Janvier The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Grégoire Jacq * Romain Jouan * Yann Marti * Maximilian Neuchrist The following players entered as a lucky losers: * Norbert Gombos * Sander Gillé Champions Singles * Norbert Gombos def. Yannik Reuter, 7–5, 6–2 Doubles * Sander Arends / Mateusz Kowalczyk def. Marco Chiudinelli / Luca Vanni Luca Vanni (born 4 June 1985) is an Italian former ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefanos Tsitsipas
Stefanos Tsitsipas (, ; born 12 August 1998) is a Greek professional tennis player. He has been ATP rankings, ranked as high as world No. 3 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), first achieved in August 2021 – making him the highest-ranked Greek in tennis history, tied with Maria Sakkari. Tsitsipas has won twelve ATP Tour singles titles, including the 2019 ATP Finals – Singles, 2019 ATP Finals and three ATP Masters 1000 tournaments, Masters 1000 events. He has contested two Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major finals at the 2021 French Open – Men's singles, 2021 French Open and 2023 Australian Open – Men's singles, 2023 Australian Open. He has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 64, achieved on 29 August 2022. Born into a tennis family – his mother Julia Apostoli, Julia was a professional on the WTA Tour and his father Apostolos Tsitsipas, Apostolos trained as a tennis coach – Tsitsipas was introduced to the sport at age three and bega ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corentin Moutet
Corentin Moutet (; born 19 April 1999) is a French professional tennis player. Moutet has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 51, attained on 7 November 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 425, attained on 12 June 2017. Moutet has won six ATP Challenger Tour and five ITF World Tennis Tour singles tournaments. Moutet made his ATP Tour main draw debut at the 2017 French Open after receiving a wildcard to the doubles main draw with Constant Lestienne. Junior career 2013: First ITF tournaments, first titles In April, Moutet entered the singles qualifying of the ITF Junior Cap d'Ail. Two tournaments later, he reached his first singles final at the Podgorica Open. At the Copa Santa Catarina Internacional in October, Moutet again reached the singles final, losing to João Menezes in straight sets. In doubles, he took his first title with Fernando Yamacita. At the Copa Guga Kuerten, his final tournament of the year, he proved victorious in both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Brest Challenger
The 2017 Brest Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the third edition of the tournament which was part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Brest, France between 23 and 29 October 2017. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of 16 October 2017. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Geoffrey Blancaneaux * David Guez * Ugo Humbert * Corentin Moutet The following players received entry into the singles main draw as special exempts: * Matteo Donati * Stefanos Tsitsipas The following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate: * Gleb Sakharov The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Tristan Lamasine * Illya Marchenko * Gianni Mina * Yannik Reuter The following player received entry as a lucky loser: * Andrea Arnaboldi Champions Singles * Corentin Moutet def. Stefanos Tsitsipas 6–2, 7–6(10–8). Double ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ričardas Berankis
Ričardas Berankis (; born June 21, 1990) is a Lithuanian professional tennis player. He is the first and only Lithuanian to enter the Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP top 50 rankings, making him the highest ranked Lithuanian tennis player of all time. Berankis has reached two finals on the ATP World Tour, at the Los Angeles Open (tennis), Los Angeles Open in 2012 and at the Kremlin Cup in 2017. He is also a prominent member of the Lithuania Davis Cup team. Early years Berankis started playing tennis at the age of two, when his six years older sister Lina took him to her tennis practices. Berankis' first coach was Valdas Adomaitis from Jurbarkas. When Berankis was nine years old he accepted an invitation from Remigijus Balžekas to practise with him at the Šiauliai tennis school (over 200 km from Vilnius). It turned out to be a long-term partnership and friendship. Career Juniors In 2004, Berankis dominated the U14 circuit of the Tennis Europe Junior Tour, winning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
